Door-hanger.



No. 731,350. x PATENTED JUNE 16, 1903. H. L. & H. J. FERRIS.

DOOR HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2a. 1902.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented June 16, 1903.

HENRY L. FERRIs AND HOWARD J. FERRIS, or HARVARD, ILLIN Is, ASSIGNORS TO HUNT, HELM, FERRIS & COMPANY, or HARVARD, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OFILLINOIS.

DOOR-'HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 731,350, dated June 16, 1903. i n I Application filed April 23, 1902. Serial No. 104,237. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY L. FERRIS and HOWARD J. FERRIS, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Harvard, in the county of McI-Ienry and State of Illinois, have invented certain new, and useful Improvements in Door'Hangers and Tracks Therefor, of which the followingis a specification.

Our invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in door-hangers and tracks therefor; and its object is to provide a hanger of the type wherein a door is so suspended from the hanger as to be capable of being swung outward to serve as a shelter, which shall be simpler and cheaper to construct than the forms hitherto in use, and which shall operate more satisfactorily in many ways.

To these and certain other; ends our invention consists in certain novel features of construction, which are fully shown in'the accompanying drawings and clearly described in this specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a track and hanger. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the hanger and track therefor, showing the supporting-wall, the door and a portion of the track being in section, the line of section being indicated at 2 2 in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is'an end view of the hanger, track, and door-support, showing the door swung outward to form a shelter or awning, a portion of the wall of the building being shown in cross-section.

In the drawings, A is the wall of the barn or structure upon which the device is used.

Bis the door, which is supported by the hanger. The hanger itself consists of a frame 0 of the style herein shown or any other suitable style. The form of the frame, at least in so far as the upper part is concerned, is entirely immaterial. The frame 0 has a downwardly-projecting portion 0, which is cast with a bottom horizontal pin 0, intended to support the door B. The door B is supported upon this pin by a strap 19, which is suitably fastened to the door and extends over the pin 0 of the frame 0 and ispivoted thereon.

C is the pulley of the hanger, and. it is journaled in the frame C, any desired type of bearing being used. The pulley herein shown is an ordinary grooved pulley adapted to run upon a rail; but this form could be somewhat modified, if desired, it being possible to substitute a wheel running in a grooved .rail or the like.

D is the rail upon which the hanger runs, and it is supported upon brackets D of the form shown. These brackets D are secured to the outside of the rail and extend outward therefrom a short distance and then upward and then inward to the wall A. The track is therefore supported so that the hanger can run between it and the wall. The frame C of the hanger is provided with two projections or lugs 0 which are adapted to come into contact with the lower part of the rail D when the door is swung outward.

The operation of our device is substantially as follows: When the door is swung outward to the position shown in Fig. 3 to serve as a shelter for the door-opening, the lugs come into contact with the lower portion of the rail D. The lower part of the pulley G pulls to the left upon the top of the track, but cannot ride up over it or fall off, because of its flange. It is evident that the hanger is then perfectly secured'in place and cannot fall off. With the same hanger swungupon the outside of the rail the swinging out of the door would upset the hanger and cause it to fall off the track. It is evident, therefore, that there are great advantages in supporting the hanger upon the inside rather than the outside of the supporting-rail.

We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a device of the class described, the combination with a track supported at a distance from a supporting-wall, of ahanger adapted Henry and State of Illinois, this 12th day of to run upon said track between it and said April, A. D. 1902.

Wall, suitable lugs upon said hanger adapted to come into contact with said track, and 5 means for pivotally connecting a door to said hanger, substantially as described. Witnesses:

In Witness whereof We have hereunto set BLAKE B. BELL,

our hands, 'at Harvard, in the county of Mc- L. EUGENE NORTON. 

